mother and child

An illustrated collection of poems about African American children and their mothers.

Animal mothers share a variety of activities with their children, from making a snowman and baking a birthday cake to reading a bedtime story and giving a good-night kiss.

Rhyming text compares the love Mommy and Daddy have for their baby to the various things that animals love to do.

T Rex stays up late and helps his mother with her work by making a special folder.

A young chimpanzee describes his mother's love for him and his love for her.

Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.

At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.

Rhyming text describes a day of fun and adventure that a bear shares with his mother.

Although her baby hatched from an egg and looks suspiciously like a chick, Marjorie the cow proudly enters her in the "beautiful baby cow" contest.

The night finally arrives when Billywise the owlet, guided by his mother, jumps from the nest and flies.